Open AccessBaleen hormones: a novel tool for retrospective assessment of stress and reproduction in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)
Author(s) -
Kathleen E. Hunt,
Raphaela Stimmelmayr,
Craig George,
Cyd Hanns,
Robert Suydam,
Holly H. Brower,
Rosalind M. Rolland
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cou030
Subject(s) - baleen , biology , physiology , zoology , whale , ecology
Baleen samples from sixteen bowhead whales contained measurable cortisol and progesterone, and both hormones demonstrated significant correlations with sex, age class and reproductive state. Analysis of hormones in baleen shows promise as a novel tool for retrospective analysis of stress and reproductive physiology of large mysticete whales.
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